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Gymnopilus lepidotus
Phylum: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Cortinariaceae
Common Name: Scale-like rust gill

Pileus -   orange in color, hemispherical to convex when young, becomes broadly convex to applanate as it matures, surface with scales, distant gills adnexed on hymenium, margin  entire when young.       

Stipe -  cylindrical, slightly curved and centrally attached to the pileus

Spore - spore print yellow 

Ecology - saprophyte, on decaying logs, solitary to gregarious

Edibility - not edible

Occurrence - Penablanca, Cagayan; Lukong Valley, Dolores Quezon

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